Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Israel freezes programme to send vaccines abroad: Gantz
By Stephen Farrell and Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has frozen its programme to send COVID-19 vaccines abroad to buy international goodwill, Defence Minister Benny Gantz said on Thursday, a...
Feb 25, 2021
White House has not made ‘final decision’ on participation in Olympics in China
By Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has not made a final decision on participation in the Winter Olympics in Beijing, a spokeswoman said on Thursday, as Republican lawmakers call...
Feb 25, 2021
In Pennsylvania, Republican rift over Trump imperils party’s election chances
By Nathan Layne and Joseph Ax EXTON, Pa. (Reuters) - C. Arnold McClure chairs the Republican Party in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania - deep in Trump country - and wants to punish fellow conservatives...
Feb 25, 2021
Senate approves Biden’s pick Granholm to head Energy Department
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate approved President Joe Biden's nominee, former Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm, on Thursday to serve as secretary of the Department of Ene...
Feb 25, 2021
Ukraine names ex-finance minister as ambassador to U.S., to upgrade ties post-Trump
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine named a former finance minister as ambassador to the United States on Thursday, a sign of its push to upgrade ties with Washington under President Joe Biden after it was sucke...
Feb 25, 2021
German bishop vows full probe of church sexual abuses amid ire over delayed report
BERLIN (Reuters) - The head of the German Bishops' Conference on Thursday pledged a no-holds-barred investigation into alleged sexual abuses by clerics in the Cologne diocese amid discontent over dela...
Feb 25, 2021
Forced labor ‘crudest example’ of problems in global trade: USTR nominee Tai
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Katherine Tai, President Joe Biden's nominee as the next U.S. Trade Representative, on Thursday called for a strategic rethink of global trade policies that had failed to parlay...
Feb 25, 2021
Factbox – A patchwork: Europe and COVID-19 vaccination passports
(Reuters) - European Union leaders moved closer on Thursday to an agreement on certificates showing that citizens have been vaccinated against COVID-19, a move that could revive international travel a...
Feb 25, 2021
Navalny allies urge supporters to commemorate murder of opposition politician Nemtsov on Feb 27
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Allies of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Thursday called on his supporters to commemorate the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov on Feb. 27 and to lay flowers at...
Feb 25, 2021
Affirmative action opponents ask U.S. Supreme Court to take up Harvard case
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - Opponents of policies used by universities to increase their numbers of Black and Hispanic students asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to prohibit Harvard Univ...
Feb 25, 2021
